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WARREN TOWNSHIP -- With the township unable to secure a road improvements grant for the Brookside area, officials said patching may be all that can be done this year.
Trustee Chairman Ed Anthony said at this week's meeting that an attempt to jointly secure a grant with Champion Township for the Brookside area did not happen.
He said grants are limited under the current conditions with the coronavirus outbreak.
"The township, like many, cannot afford to do a lot of paving work and the county engineer's office determines what roads get paved -- so patching and chip-and-seal work may be what we are only able to do," Anthony said.
He said the Brookside area is a large area of the township and includes such roads as Brookside, Ellsworth, Grady and Greenlawn and, in another section, Althea and Hawthorne.
He said trustees will try to secure funds for 2021.
Anthony said with the Ohio Public Works Commission grant and other grants, there is usually a required matching amount that many communities do not always have.
"We will try to be as aggressive as we can in getting roads paved when we secure the funds. Many projects are 80-20 matches and cost a lot of money. We will work with what we can since funds are bleak," he said.
One project the Trumbull County Engineer's Office was able to get in the township this summer is a $927,000 resurfacing project to improve a section of West Market Street from the state Route 5 / 82 bypass to Lovers Lane. The project is to mill and resurface 1.24 miles of the heavily traveled route. The project will be funded by federal and other monies.
Officials have said the improvements include the replacement of the traffic signal at the West Market Street and Leavitt Road intersection; the replacement of one culvert between Park Road and Leavitt Road; partial depth pavement repairs; the reconstruction of numerous drainage inlets; and the application of edge / center / stop lines and other pavement markings.
In other business, trustees reported that work has been done by volunteers at the West Market Street fire station.
Fire Chief Randy Daniels said a meeting room was turned into two administrative offices and two bunk rooms for four firefighters to stay overnight.
Anthony said trustees provided $4,000 in materials for the project. He said the project would have cost $30,000.